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The mail() function allows in sending emails directly from a script.Syntaxmail(to,sub,msg,headers,parameters);Parametersto − The receiver / receivers of the emailsub − The subject of the email.msg − The message to be sent.headers − The additional headers, such as From, Cc, and Bcc.parameters − The additional parameter to the sendmail program. This was added in PHP 4.0.5.ReturnThe mail() function returns the hash value of the address parameter, or FALSE on failure.ExampleThe following is an example to send an email −

The ezmlm_hash() function calculates the hash value needed when keeping EZMLM mailing lists in a MySQL database.Syntaxezmlm_hash(addr);Parametersaddr − The email address being hashed.ReturnThe ezmlm_hash() function returns the hash value of addr.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_systype() function returns the system type identifier of the FTP server.Syntaxftp_systype(con);Parameterscon − The FTP connectionReturnThe ftp_systype() function returns the system type on success, or FALSE on failure.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_ssl_connect() function opens a secure SSL-FTP connection.Syntaxftp_ssl_connect(host,port,timeout);Parametershost − The FTP server address. Can be a domain address or an IP address.port − The port to connect to. Here the default is 21.timeout − The timeout for network operations.ReturnThe ftp_ssl_connect() function returns a SSL-FTP stream on success or FALSE on error.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_size() function is used to get the size of a particular file on the FTP server.Syntaxftp_size(conn, myfile)Parametersconn − The FTP connectionmyfile − The server fileReturnThe ftp_size() function returns the size of the particular file in bytes on success.ExampleThe following is an example to get the size of file “new.txt” −

The ftp_site() function sends an FTP SITE command to the FTP server.Syntaxftp_site(conn,command);Parametersconn − The FTP connectioncommand − The SITE command. These commands vary from server to server and used in handling OS specific features such as file permissions and group membership.ReturnThe ftp_site() function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_set_option() function sets runtime options for the FTP connection.Syntaxftp_set_option(conn,option,value);Parametersconn − The FTP connectionoption − The runtime option to set. The following are the possible values:- FTP_TIMEOUT_SEC- FTP_AUTOSEEKvalue − The value of the option parameter set aboveReturnThe ftp_set_option() function returns TRUE if the option could be set, or FALSE.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_rmdir() function deletes a directory on the FTP server. Remember that the directory to be deleted should be empty.Syntaxftp_rmdir(conn,dir);Parametersconn −The FTP connectiondir − The empty directory to be deleted.ReturnThe ftp_rmdir() function returnsTRUE on success or FALSE on failure.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_rename() function renames a file or directory on the FTP server.Syntaxftp_rename(conn,oldname,newname);Parametersconn − The FTP connectionold_name − The file or directory to rename.new_name − The new name of the file or directoryReturnThe ftp_rename() function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.ExampleThe following is an example −

The ftp_rawlist() function displays the list of files with file information from a specified directorySyntaxftp_rawlist(conn,dir,recursive);Parametersconn − The FTP connectiondir − The directory pathrecursive − Sends a "LIST" command to the server by default.ReturnThe ftp_rawlist() function returns an array where each element corresponds to one line of text.ExampleThe following is an example to get a list of files with file information −